16Synonyms found for clear

Word Origin & History

clear c.1280, from O.Fr. cler, from L. clarus "clear, bright, distinct," related to clamare "call out" (see claim), hence with an original sense of "clear-sounding." An O.E. word for this was sweotol. Of the weather, 1382; of meanings or explanations, c.1300. Sense of "free from encumbrance," apparently nautical, developed c.1500. The verb meaning "to leap clear over" is first attested 1791.

Example Sentences for clear

Rinse rice in a sieve under cold running water until water runs clear.

To the end, his act was as clear as corn liquor and muddled as the hangover it gives you.

Diamond makes clear that both authoritarian and participatory systems have led historically to sustainable ends, or to collapse.

It is not clear whether this snake will bring any great temptations.

But now, more than two centuries later, it is difficult to find clear patterns in the history of literature.

Actually, the whole book is devoted to answering that question, as its preface and every subsequent page make clear.

The afternoon-free from the blur of hangover or the fug of sleep-is when our shared predicament on this planet becomes clear.

But it is much less clear that, having committed the crime, they merit an increment of punishment for having agreed to do it.

Chefs and restaurateurs only qualified if they also established a clear-and, yes, lucrative-brand.

It is thought to clear the reader's lungs of the transient and fill them with a deep breath of transcendence.